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The United Nations and Palestine refugees : assessing UNRWA's strengths and weaknesses

In 1948, the United Nations set in place a temporary agency, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to aid Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syrian Arab Republic until a durable and just solution to the refugee issue could be found. The situation of Palestinian refugees has remained unresolved, and on December 8, 2009, the Agency ‘celebrated’ sixty years of existence. UNRWA evolved into the only humanitarian agency providing service to Palestinian refugees and advocating their protection and care. This thesis aims to assess the strengths and weaknesses
of the work that UNRWA has carried out in recent years. The evaluation is based on an analysis of each of UNRWA’s programs. The conclusion addresses the specific internal and external challenges UNRWA is facing in carrying out its mandate.

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Degree

B.A.I.S.

Degree Program

International Studies

Department

Department of International Studies

Thesis Advisor

Hazlett, John D.

Advisory Committee

Huelshoff, Michael G.; Johnson, Edward R.

Date Degree Awarded

2010-05

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The University of New Orleans and its agents retain the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible this thesis in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. The author retains all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis.